opinel
\ɔ.pi.nɛl\
The verdict
“opinel” is uncommon French (frequency #62,488 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,488
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de Opinel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-opinel · opinel · French
opinel · rank #62,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,488
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH oniriques
Nearest frequency peer: oniriques (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « opinel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Oldman
Oldman
37,515 corpus weight
- oniriques
oniriques
37,514 corpus weight
- opinel
opinel
37,513 corpus weight
- OPP
OPP
37,512 corpus weight
- oppa
oppa
37,511 corpus weight
- optimisatio…
optimisations
37,510 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « opinel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opinel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.pi.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,488 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « opinel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
opinel is uncommon French at frequency #62,488 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.pi.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de Opinel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for opinel in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is opinel, spelled O-P-I-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de Opinel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opinel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il sortit son opinel de sa poche et commença à sculpter dans l’écorce de son bâton en noisetier.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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